Consulting for the hard moments in association governance.
When a board is facing something it has not faced before — a funding shortfall, an amendment vote, a management transition, a board in conflict, an enforcement problem that will not resolve — Quorum works alongside the board to navigate it. Engage for a single issue or month to month while the challenge lasts. Practical governance and operations counsel from practitioners, not legal advice, and not management services.
One offering, two ways to engage.
Engage for a single issue, or month to month while a challenge lasts. Anchored to the CICSC standards and delivered by practitioners who have sat in the seat.
Governance Consulting
Ad hoc · Month to monthOne defined issue
Ad hoc engagement
A single challenge, scoped at intake and quoted as one fixed fee. Working sessions, document and process review, and a written deliverable the board can act on.
- Fixed fee, quoted in writing after intake
- Defined deliverable and timeline
- Follow-up session within 30 days
A challenge that runs for a season
Month-to-month engagement
A standing engagement while the board works through a longer stretch: a campaign, a transition, a rebuild. A monthly working session, review of what the board is about to send or decide, and questions answered between meetings.
- Flat monthly fee, quoted in writing
- No minimum term; cancel any month
- Scope revisited each month as the situation changes
What this is not
- Not management services — the Studio does not run the association, hold funds, collect assessments, or take day-to-day operations
- Not legal advice — the association's attorney owns legal instruments, ballots, and interpretation of governing documents
- Not a subscription or retainer — you pay for an engagement, and month-to-month ends when you say so
The issues boards bring us
- Assessment caps, funding shortfalls, and special-assessment decisions
- Declaration and bylaw amendment campaigns and owner votes
- Management-company transitions, RFPs, and vendor disputes
- Board conflict, turnover, recalls, and officer transitions
- Enforcement disputes and inconsistent enforcement history
- Meeting breakdowns, quorum failures, and procedure resets
- Deferred maintenance, reserve, and capital-decision framing for owners
- Owner communication in a crisis: what to say, in what order, to whom
Scope is set at intake. One question gets an ad hoc engagement; a campaign or a rebuild runs month to month until the board says stop. The fee follows the scope.
Intake
A short questionnaire and a complimentary call about the issue and what a good outcome looks like.
Scope and fee in writing
One page: what the engagement covers, what it delivers, what it excludes, and the fee — fixed for ad hoc, flat monthly for month to month.
The work
Working sessions with the board or committee, review of documents and process, and the templates or frameworks the situation calls for.
Deliverable
A written findings report, working kit, or decision memo, and a follow-up session.
Your community's website and portal — built and governed by the Studio
A consulting engagement that delivers your association's own platform: built to CICSC governance standards, hosted and maintained by the Studio, with standing governance support included — not a website vendor, a governance partner who runs your platform.
Community Website
Managed communitiesAn association-owned standalone website with a Homeowner Login that links to the management platform your community already uses. Your identity, your content — independent of any management contract.
- Association-owned website on your own domain
- Homeowner Login link to your existing platform
- Hosting, maintenance, and content edits included
- Built to CICSC governance standards
- Standing governance support from the Studio included
$149/mo
+ $2,500 one-time build
Community Platform
Self-managed communitiesThe full platform for a self-managed community — website plus resident portal, operated by the Studio so the board doesn't have to run software to run the association.
- Everything in Community Website
- Resident accounts tied to your lot and address roster
- Document library and board-only workspace
- Community-wide email announcements
- Tracked requests — work orders, ACC applications, and inquiries with photos, status, and audit trail
- Roster and access management handled by the Studio
$1.25/door/mo
$195/mo minimum · + $4,500 one-time build
For a 300-door community, the full platform runs $375 a month — a fraction of a single month of management fees. Assessment collection stays with your existing provider; the platform links to it and never touches owner funds.
Advisory Scope Notice: CICSC provides educational resources, governance standards, and practical advisory support. CICSC does not provide legal advice, accounting advice, tax advice, engineering advice, insurance advice, or reserve study services. Board members and associations should consult qualified professionals for matters requiring professional judgment or legal interpretation.
Offering Disclaimer: CICSC educational programs, credentials, and advisory products are designed to help volunteer board members and association management professionals access tools, training, and resources for governance and management. They do not constitute legal, tax, accounting, insurance, engineering, or investment advice and are not a substitute for consultation with qualified professionals retained by your association. Completion of a CICSC credential is an educational designation and does not by itself satisfy any director's fiduciary or legal duty.